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you need to be in had you a position and ronald reagan negotiated this way beautifulliy multiple times. boehner has to say this guy is crazy he will take us over the cliff and we have the worst possible case, we have to cut that deal. the deal at best is going to get half the republicans and a little more than haf the democrats. the president has to make sure he keeps his democrats in the tent because they are not going to be happy with some of the elements of change and we have seen a coalition of labor and liberals saying no way. >> so, in the nitty-gritty before we get to entitlements. what if -- would it be better if we increase taxes on a larger group of people everybody making over 250,000 by a smaller amount or increasing taxes on a smaller group making more than a million and go up to 39.6%. what is more likely to happen? >> it's more likely to be the former than the latter. i must tell you jennifer, i don't much care, you have to get that revenue target. the president said 1.6 trillion. you probably end up compromising at 1.2 trillion from taxes. you have to figure out what yo
you need to be in had you a position and ronald reagan negotiated this way beautifulliy multiple times. boehner has to say this guy is crazy he will take us over the cliff and we have the worst possible case, we have to cut that deal. the deal at best is going to get half the republicans and a little more than haf the democrats. the president has to make sure he keeps his democrats in the tent because they are not going to be happy with some of the elements of change and we have seen a...
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. >> bill: they say we're doing this in the legacy of ronald reagan. bull you know what. ronald reagan raised taxes five times. >> reagan would have no place in the current republican party given some of the things they did. grover norquist holds him up as an icon. grover is in a completely different place than he is on taxes. >> bill: why don't the media expose these people as the liars and hypocrites that they are? >> because they're fair and balanced. >> bill: so are we going over the fiscal cliff? >> i think we are. i think we are. for a couple of reasons. one, there's not a whole lot of time. it is six weeks from tomorrow to the start -- >> bill: they don't have any backbone. >> that's number two. number three 80 lame ducks who may not show up to vote. plus you've got this stale -- continuing stalemate on tax and spending policies and then on top of everything else, it is not really a fiscal cliff. it is a fiscal slope. it stays in place. they called it a cliff but the damage to the economy the real damage only happens if you expose it. >> bill: stan collender, check
. >> bill: they say we're doing this in the legacy of ronald reagan. bull you know what. ronald reagan raised taxes five times. >> reagan would have no place in the current republican party given some of the things they did. grover norquist holds him up as an icon. grover is in a completely different place than he is on taxes. >> bill: why don't the media expose these people as the liars and hypocrites that they are? >> because they're fair and balanced. >> bill:...
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. >> that wild-eyed class warrior, was ronald reagan. he thought in america the wealthiest should pay their fair share and he said so. i know that might disqualify him from the republican primaries these days but what ronald reagan was calling for then is the same thing we're calling for now. a return to equality and fairness. and if it will help convince folks in congress to make the right choice, we could call it the reagan rule instead of the buffet rule. [ laughter ] >> but this vote is coming up i'm asking every american who agrees with me so call your members of congress, email them tweet them, tell them to start asking everybody to do their fair share and play by the same rules, so that every american who is willing to work hard has a chance at similar success so that we're making the investments that help this economy grow so that we're able to bring down our deficits in a fair and balanced and sensible way. tell them to pass the buffet rule. i'm going to keep on making this case across the country because i believe that this rul
. >> that wild-eyed class warrior, was ronald reagan. he thought in america the wealthiest should pay their fair share and he said so. i know that might disqualify him from the republican primaries these days but what ronald reagan was calling for then is the same thing we're calling for now. a return to equality and fairness. and if it will help convince folks in congress to make the right choice, we could call it the reagan rule instead of the buffet rule. [ laughter ] >> but this...
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they've endorsed ronald reagan, margaret thatcher and bill clinton in the past. given their state of unflinching independence as well as the troubled state of the economy in the last four years their endorsement for obama not a forgone conclusion. >> i have, too said the economy is based in zimbabwe. >> stephanie: along with the salt lake city tribune. >> really? >> stephanie: too bad mittens. we said we have a, not just the hottest surrogates but the smartest, for the president. in ohio. jesse williams of grey's anatomy. good morning jesse. >> good morning. >> stephanie: i'm looking at your mesmerizing eyes on line. >> sorry about that. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: good to talk to you. you're in ohio as we speak? >> no, i'm just back from ohio. i've been bouncing around. i've been in colorado, nevada. most recently we were in ohio driving people to the polls to early voting getting them to the bureau of elections. and speaking wherever we could to get people motivated. >> stephanie: how is it feeling? obviously the numbers coming back, you know, obviously seems li
they've endorsed ronald reagan, margaret thatcher and bill clinton in the past. given their state of unflinching independence as well as the troubled state of the economy in the last four years their endorsement for obama not a forgone conclusion. >> i have, too said the economy is based in zimbabwe. >> stephanie: along with the salt lake city tribune. >> really? >> stephanie: too bad mittens. we said we have a, not just the hottest surrogates but the smartest, for the...
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he was ronald reagan's navy secretary. he coined the phrase "600 ship navy" and we never quite got there but he took every penny he could get to build more bottoms. so you know, governor romney's being fed ideas that are old ideas. not new ideas. and i think this is the general criticism that i hope the american people will understand it. when the president said he has a foreign policy from the 1980s a social policy of the 1950s and an economic policy from the 1920s, i think the president hit that right out of the park because that's actually what the romney campaign message has consisted of. >> jennifer: i totally agree. i loved that line. it was fantastic. of course, there was an awful lot of discussion, of course, on foreign policy. and both candidates pledged to remove troops from afghanistan by 2014. but i'm curious this is something we've talked about here in "the war room." does the so-called green on blue violence, does that indicate we're not going to be ready to leave by 2014? do we have other options? >> i think
he was ronald reagan's navy secretary. he coined the phrase "600 ship navy" and we never quite got there but he took every penny he could get to build more bottoms. so you know, governor romney's being fed ideas that are old ideas. not new ideas. and i think this is the general criticism that i hope the american people will understand it. when the president said he has a foreign policy from the 1980s a social policy of the 1950s and an economic policy from the 1920s, i think the...
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the only other person is ronald reagan. the numbers are still being counted in the west coast so it will be bigger. obama has the bigger margin of victory than george bush did in 2004. and remember that george bush declared himself a mandate into how. >> stephanie: how long bigger do you think the poplar vote margin would have been if it weren't to hurricane sandy. obviously the popular vote would have been bigger. >> caller: no, it's clear. i wouldn't be surprised if we get to a four-point margin. this is how good this is. we are close if it expands to half a percent, which is doable with the ballots in california arizona and washington and oregon. president obamamitt romney will have around 47% of the vote. >> stephanie: how ironic tee hee. congratulations on all your rightness and smartness. >> caller: thanks very much. >> what universe is dick morris not part of the media. he's complaining about the media and his mug is on fox news every five minutes. >> stephanie: myth busters is taking you to task for saying it's too
the only other person is ronald reagan. the numbers are still being counted in the west coast so it will be bigger. obama has the bigger margin of victory than george bush did in 2004. and remember that george bush declared himself a mandate into how. >> stephanie: how long bigger do you think the poplar vote margin would have been if it weren't to hurricane sandy. obviously the popular vote would have been bigger. >> caller: no, it's clear. i wouldn't be surprised if we get to a...
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reagan. i'm thinking mitt romney to me is like eating the wrapper and not the candy. i don't think who the vice presidential candidate matters. because the race is over. romney is like a guy going down a stairway that neverens and he keeps tripping all the way down. and he is flavorless. >> push back thomas. >> there are a lot of things going against the president as welt. obamacare. when he stepped out of the military's way and let them do their job, they got bin laden. he has more debt than all of the previous presidents combined. obama is in the supreme court. >> we'll talk about that in just a minute. >> sure. >> let me ask you one other question. because of all of the endorsements that mitt romney got this week would george w. bush's endorsement help him or hurt him? >> i don't think it is going to really matter at this point. >> i think mitt romney is going to ultimately get the endorsement. and really with marco rubio, he is one of my favorites actually and paul ryan in wisconsin i thi
reagan. i'm thinking mitt romney to me is like eating the wrapper and not the candy. i don't think who the vice presidential candidate matters. because the race is over. romney is like a guy going down a stairway that neverens and he keeps tripping all the way down. and he is flavorless. >> push back thomas. >> there are a lot of things going against the president as welt. obamacare. when he stepped out of the military's way and let them do their job, they got bin laden. he has more...
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i think it's very effective. >> it we minds me of the bill clinton hope ad, and ronald reagan. it's a departure for me. >> i would give it a seven just for the idea of the heavy lifting of making mitt romney look remotely warm. >> i'll give it an eight. >> i'll give it an eight if i'm allowed to rate it. it was low on substance. >> overall a 7.3 on the mitt romney ad. >> we'll go to an ad that president obama has out called "we heard it all before." >> it started like this. >> i speak the language of business. i know how jobs are created. >> but it ended like this. one of the worst economic records in the country. when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs. a rate twice the national average and fell to 47th in job creation. fourth from the bottom. instead of hiring workers from his own state romney outsourced call center jobs to india. >> i think that's a very effective negative ad. it doesn't seem petty. it seems weighty. and it's easy to follow. it sort of moves sequentially. there is no moment where you feel you're being manipulated. i trust
i think it's very effective. >> it we minds me of the bill clinton hope ad, and ronald reagan. it's a departure for me. >> i would give it a seven just for the idea of the heavy lifting of making mitt romney look remotely warm. >> i'll give it an eight. >> i'll give it an eight if i'm allowed to rate it. it was low on substance. >> overall a 7.3 on the mitt romney ad. >> we'll go to an ad that president obama has out called "we heard it all before."...
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in 1980 when jimmy carter was running for re-election and ronald reagan running against him. are you better off than you were four years ago. the answer then was clearly no. it was a good question to ask then. i'm not sure republicans ought to be asking it today because i think it is a different answer today. democrats finally, on this issue and love your take on that. 1-866-55-press. let's get into it. democrats got off to a little rocky start on sunday. bob schieffer welcomed governor martin o'malley whom i think is great by the way. clearly will be a candidate for president in 2016. great leader. but he wasn't thinking as fast as he usually does when bob schieffer asked him this question on sunday and he stumbled a little bit. >> can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no. but that's not the question of this election. the question, without a doubt we are not as well off as we were before george bush brought us the bush job losses, the bush recession, the bush deficits, the series of desert wars. >> bill: he got around to it b
in 1980 when jimmy carter was running for re-election and ronald reagan running against him. are you better off than you were four years ago. the answer then was clearly no. it was a good question to ask then. i'm not sure republicans ought to be asking it today because i think it is a different answer today. democrats finally, on this issue and love your take on that. 1-866-55-press. let's get into it. democrats got off to a little rocky start on sunday. bob schieffer welcomed governor martin...
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ronald reagan. that we believe in american values and we're going to stand strong for those values. >> jennifer: for sure. and i think everybody wants to do that regardless of which party you're in. you want to stand strong for american values. but mitt romney has been saying and he continues to say that the president has been going around the world apologizing for america's values when people who have checked us out like in "the washington post," politifact said that's a four pinocchio statement. that's an utter lie. the president hasn't gone around the world apologizing. can you give me one example of when the president apologizeed? >> we've seen in cairo and we've seen even in the statement that came out of embassy cairo after the attack that this super uber -- >> jennifer: you think that was an apology for america? >> this super conciliatory approach that if we somehow -- you know, are super understanding, we bow down to foreign leaders we apologize for mistakes -- >> jennifer: wait, what you're
ronald reagan. that we believe in american values and we're going to stand strong for those values. >> jennifer: for sure. and i think everybody wants to do that regardless of which party you're in. you want to stand strong for american values. but mitt romney has been saying and he continues to say that the president has been going around the world apologizing for america's values when people who have checked us out like in "the washington post," politifact said that's a four...
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once under ronald reagan, once under bill clinton. i read today and it was tweeted that romney wants 4% unemployment 500,000 new jobs and an union corn in every pot. that made me howl when i read it. we called together a power panel. ♪ >> of the huffington post and michael hastings here. lucia do the republicans just want us to fail as a country when it comes to jobs? >> yeah, i mean, you have to remember that this is the issue that is likely going to decide the election and republicans know that. that's exactly what we saw with mitt romney when he was lamb blasting the president. it's easy for him to say that because he's not in the hot seat but he could not meet his own goals if he were. >> michael, if you're running for president as a republican, you're running because you want america to be better, right? essentially. >> except for the next six months. is that okay? >> we should accept it as a country, right? look, there is no question that if the economy tanks at the end of the summer that benefits the romney campaign. that's t
once under ronald reagan, once under bill clinton. i read today and it was tweeted that romney wants 4% unemployment 500,000 new jobs and an union corn in every pot. that made me howl when i read it. we called together a power panel. ♪ >> of the huffington post and michael hastings here. lucia do the republicans just want us to fail as a country when it comes to jobs? >> yeah, i mean, you have to remember that this is the issue that is likely going to decide the election and...
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she sent me a really cool portrait of ronald reagan because she knew i was a big ronald reagan fan. i sent her a teddy bear. i forget how i dressed it up but i sent her a vermont teddy bear and she accused me of not paying for it which was not true. i did pay for it. one of the heads at media matters is on stephanie miller's program. they have a radio outlet they've co-opted. they have nbc and a whole cable channel they write the programming for and the scripts for and now they do the same thing with stephanie miller on her radio program. >> okay. so you're just an arm of media matters. [ ♪ hypnotic ♪ ] >> stephanie: i'm so easily manipulated. i have been co-opted. take me, media matters. >> in all fairness -- >> stephanie: you did not pay for that vermont teddy bear. what do you think i was born yesterday? >> stephanie doesn't pay for vermont teddy bears. she knows how it works. >> stephanie: does he think i fell off the radio turnip truck yesterday sean hannity? >> here are some flowers. oh please. >> did i type stephanie in the box. >> do you have carbonite yet? stop it, sean
she sent me a really cool portrait of ronald reagan because she knew i was a big ronald reagan fan. i sent her a teddy bear. i forget how i dressed it up but i sent her a vermont teddy bear and she accused me of not paying for it which was not true. i did pay for it. one of the heads at media matters is on stephanie miller's program. they have a radio outlet they've co-opted. they have nbc and a whole cable channel they write the programming for and the scripts for and now they do the same...
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>> i still agree with everything ronald reagan did. it was a good idea to drop the top rate from 70% to 50%. i think getting it down to 35 is ok but i don't think it's going to hurt the economy if we go back up to 39.6%. fred smith the chairman of federal express said so today. he used to be a member of the bother of the cato institute. this whole idea that there's a line in the sand that republicans have drawn is ridiculous. we need different policies under different circumstances and right now, we don't need more rate cuts. >> it sounds to me like your against absolutively. that a higher rate will dissuade people from investing isn't necessarily intellectually the case. at a certain point rates have dropped low enough, such that a small bump up will not have the outcome that many republicans right now are saying it will, which is to tell people who are job creators to go home. >> that's exactly right. i mean, republicans have talked themselves into believing that the only thing that matters to a business is its tax rate and that it's
>> i still agree with everything ronald reagan did. it was a good idea to drop the top rate from 70% to 50%. i think getting it down to 35 is ok but i don't think it's going to hurt the economy if we go back up to 39.6%. fred smith the chairman of federal express said so today. he used to be a member of the bother of the cato institute. this whole idea that there's a line in the sand that republicans have drawn is ridiculous. we need different policies under different circumstances and...
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but wait until you get a load of the demigod himself, ronald reagan's christmas card in 1983, of course it will have christmas--outrageous! man, these people amuse me to no end. they're incredibly similar but president obama, oh, how could he do this! it turns out on the issue of religion the nuns made a huge difference. not the nuns on the bus but those who do not have a religion. some are religious, some are spiritual but are not affiliated with a church. they're a much larger segment because no one talks about them. in virginia, according to the pugh research, president obama lost protestants by nine points. he lost catholics by ten points but he won the "nones" by 76%. he ended up winning virginia, and he would have lost without them. in florida, he lost protestants by 16 points, catholics by 5 points and "no witness" by 72% of the votes he won nationally. nationally he lost plot tonight protestants by 15 points. but they gave him 70% of the vote. for those who are not affiliated with the church or non-believers made all the difference in this election. no one talks about it, and th
but wait until you get a load of the demigod himself, ronald reagan's christmas card in 1983, of course it will have christmas--outrageous! man, these people amuse me to no end. they're incredibly similar but president obama, oh, how could he do this! it turns out on the issue of religion the nuns made a huge difference. not the nuns on the bus but those who do not have a religion. some are religious, some are spiritual but are not affiliated with a church. they're a much larger segment because...
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. >> he also had ronald reagan as his predecessor. >> that clearly helped. >> last point. and there is some polling today although it's all over the place in terms of obama versus the republican. the national polls that show republican leaning voters believing that mitt romney will end up with this thing and half of that saying that that's a good thing. is that in any way possible to overcome no matter how good these individual candidates might be appearing in the polls directly against obama right now? is that fatal to a romney candidacy? >> if he can get through the nomination, and it helps him to have both gingrich and santorum continuing to put forth this line that the delegate math doesn't matter. mitt romney is saying, great continue up the delegates and even if people feel this way about, where half want to see him come away with the nomination is going to go down to his benefit to continue this ugly fight. the more you can stay above it, and highways not always done a good job of that, but the more he stays above it, the more helpful in the general election. this s
. >> he also had ronald reagan as his predecessor. >> that clearly helped. >> last point. and there is some polling today although it's all over the place in terms of obama versus the republican. the national polls that show republican leaning voters believing that mitt romney will end up with this thing and half of that saying that that's a good thing. is that in any way possible to overcome no matter how good these individual candidates might be appearing in the polls...
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state of california was signed into law by ronald reagan. when he was president, scenario out of eight years he was president, there were tax increases. right? getting rid of loopholes or whatever. he was a dr.inair conservative. he knew how to compromise. today, they don't. >> they do not want to compromise. all they want to do is make sure that barak obama is a one-term president. they don't care how they do it. they don't care who about who gets hurt. when you look at dismantling government and look at social security, for example, medicare, they want to privatize all of this. they want to privatize schools. they just want to dismantle any type of common good structure and framework that we have. >> i was going to ask you: do you know that these tea party freshmen believe in government at all? >> i don't think they do. i think they really, you know, believe in, you know what they believe in, and that is go for what you know. pull yourself up by your boot straps. it doesn't matter if there is a safety net. and i don't believe they believe
state of california was signed into law by ronald reagan. when he was president, scenario out of eight years he was president, there were tax increases. right? getting rid of loopholes or whatever. he was a dr.inair conservative. he knew how to compromise. today, they don't. >> they do not want to compromise. all they want to do is make sure that barak obama is a one-term president. they don't care how they do it. they don't care who about who gets hurt. when you look at dismantling...
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. >> listen, this was first thought about in many speeches made by president ronald reagan back in the early 1980s. he made these beautiful eloquent speeches about it. this was his dream. he didn't accomplish it. there was a big summit where he was meeting with the president of russia gorbachev and so this was his dream and now we cut to today where president obama is pickling up the mantel and one of his first speech, the first in prague, he made a big speech about the elimination of nuclear weapons. in his first term, he accomplished passing the new start treaty. i do believe this is a passion of the president's, president obama's. there's a lot of things, he has a nuclear summit meeting in d.c. which pledged the elimination of nuclear weapons. >> cenk: they did this treaty and made progress. that's great news. i am curious really, like is zero possible? >> it absolutely is possible. again, to go back about five years ago they called the four states, they used to call the four mothersman, kissinger schultz, n under the influence nn and perry talked about how we need to reduce, the ti
. >> listen, this was first thought about in many speeches made by president ronald reagan back in the early 1980s. he made these beautiful eloquent speeches about it. this was his dream. he didn't accomplish it. there was a big summit where he was meeting with the president of russia gorbachev and so this was his dream and now we cut to today where president obama is pickling up the mantel and one of his first speech, the first in prague, he made a big speech about the elimination of...
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reagan fought for this is for background checks. are you surprised? >> how can you be surprised when congress is about agendas and not serving the people. when is the last time they worked together for legislation. if we can't come over the bodies of our children who have been slain-- >> let's not leave out the democrats and primary challenge every democrat who voted against these bills, there are good ones in the bunch but they should be gone. what is the point of being in the senate if you're not doing the right thing. joe manchin, i give credit for he comes from a tremendously right thing. and there were four or five republicans who came along i'm as frustrated as you are. but all of us comedians are optimists. >> what? >> john: not the ones you hang out with. we're all women-hating alcoholics. >> we need to primary challenge them. we have people with money. let them pay the consequence with this vote. >> john: you know, i think a lot of them would have been primaried if they voted for this. let's be honest about that, including
reagan fought for this is for background checks. are you surprised? >> how can you be surprised when congress is about agendas and not serving the people. when is the last time they worked together for legislation. if we can't come over the bodies of our children who have been slain-- >> let's not leave out the democrats and primary challenge every democrat who voted against these bills, there are good ones in the bunch but they should be gone. what is the point of being in the...
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reagan used to tell about welfare moms? as sam pointed out this has been the ongoing slide into dementia that began in 1980 when they adopted supply side economic which was the ultimate kool-aid. getting back to lindsey graham, wasn't he the leader in effort to impeach a president in a lame duck session? did i sleep will you that year. >> eliot: the hobgoblin of little minds. you cannot look for consistency. just mere hypocrisy made on the other side whether it's the refusal to ratify the treaties e tending u.n. treaty about disability or what they're saying by the fiscal cliff. we're seeing an important shift in their strategy. i think at the end of the day john boehner is going to decide it makes more sense to pass the senate bill, extending the tax cut to 98% saying to the public at large we're not going to deny you that, but we're not going to pass the debt ceiling increase. on that they'll hang tougher seeking to extract something from the white house. >> i agree with half of that. i think they're going to wait for the
reagan used to tell about welfare moms? as sam pointed out this has been the ongoing slide into dementia that began in 1980 when they adopted supply side economic which was the ultimate kool-aid. getting back to lindsey graham, wasn't he the leader in effort to impeach a president in a lame duck session? did i sleep will you that year. >> eliot: the hobgoblin of little minds. you cannot look for consistency. just mere hypocrisy made on the other side whether it's the refusal to ratify the...
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i would play this ronald reagan clip on social security. >> social security has nothing to do with the deficit. social security is totally funded by the payroll tax levyied on employer and employee. >> cenk: social security off the table, not having that conversation. medicare, well there was this guy who was running for vice president who had some ideas. let's find out how that turned out for him. >> option accounts for social security. [ buzzer ] >> cenk: wrong again bob. well he also had ideas on medicaid. >> what we're trying to do is cut medicaid food stamp reforms, education reforms for job training. couple these things by sending them back to the states in bloc grants. [ buzzer ] >> cenk: wrong again bob. you just ran an election on that and got your ass handed to you. i won. you lost. if you like we can do this again in 2014. 2014, 2014. they will bend if you have someone strong who actually cared to win. i'm keeping it real. when we come back, speaking of real we'll go to the real housewives of the c.i.a. >> cause i'm honoring council so i have involume ability they should not
i would play this ronald reagan clip on social security. >> social security has nothing to do with the deficit. social security is totally funded by the payroll tax levyied on employer and employee. >> cenk: social security off the table, not having that conversation. medicare, well there was this guy who was running for vice president who had some ideas. let's find out how that turned out for him. >> option accounts for social security. [ buzzer ] >> cenk: wrong again...
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bush and ronald reagan. he preserved less land for public use than george w. bush. of course, obama likes to break bush's record and go further right, and he did in this case as well and opened up a tremendous amount of land to drill on. i want to bring in a couple of experts, michael shure our political correspondent, and then mark flogl with greenpeace research unit. thank you for joining us. i want to ask you about sally jewel's record. it seems to me that it's a mixed bag. she worked for an oil company and then worked as as a banker, which is a prerequisite if you work in the obama administration. she seems like a conservation conservationist. >> she worked for mobile 30 years ago. that was an entry level position. the people she'll deal with in her new position if she's confirmed is a much different kettle of fish. she'll come under pressure to open up public land for oil coal all the fossil fuel industries. >> cenk: do we have an indication of how she's going to react to that? are you in favor or oppose to her? >> well, rei has done coming interesting things o
bush and ronald reagan. he preserved less land for public use than george w. bush. of course, obama likes to break bush's record and go further right, and he did in this case as well and opened up a tremendous amount of land to drill on. i want to bring in a couple of experts, michael shure our political correspondent, and then mark flogl with greenpeace research unit. thank you for joining us. i want to ask you about sally jewel's record. it seems to me that it's a mixed bag. she worked for an...
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exactly what ronald reagan did! >> whoa, whoa, careful, bill! how dare you invoke the name the holy one! >> bill: that's exactly -- i think the president is right on. how about you. 1-866-55-press. let's talk about it. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 24 minutes after the hour. congresswoman karen bass joining us in studio in the next segment. we're talking about president obama taking his show on the road to get the support of the american people for a tax cut -- you wouldn't think you would have to go out and put pressure on congress to give 98% of americans a tax cut. but it shows you how out of touch with the american people, the republican leadership in congress particularly are. peter, what have we got going on? >> online, we're not only tweeting at bp show. we're in the chat room. current.com/billpress. barbara in d.c. in the chat room says republicans used to put country fi
exactly what ronald reagan did! >> whoa, whoa, careful, bill! how dare you invoke the name the holy one! >> bill: that's exactly -- i think the president is right on. how about you. 1-866-55-press. let's talk about it. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 24 minutes after the hour....
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compared to barack obama you know, this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. this is a choice between mitt romney and the most radical leftest president in history. >> you want to talk about damning with fake praise. and of course everybody remembers this golden moment from newt gringrich. let's roll the tape. >> i don't have to point out the inconsistencies of the nominee. >> you're going to be the nominee. >> i'm going to be the nominee. >> my final word on
compared to barack obama you know, this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. this is a choice between mitt romney and the most radical leftest president in history. >> you want to talk about damning with fake praise. and of course everybody remembers this golden moment from newt gringrich. let's roll the tape. >> i don't have to point out the inconsistencies of the nominee. >> you're going to be the nominee. >> i'm going to be the nominee. >> my...
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ronald reagan once told james baker that he did not want to talk about foreign policy in his 100 days. bill called bs on that. he said of course that's not true. does he have a problem not only request gaffes, but foreign policy itself? >> i've been criminal of romney's foreign policy. clearly it's not a thing that turns him on. he's clearly an economic guy. if you look at his advisers there is no consistency in what he believes. is he a neo-conservative, a pragmatist. and they did not going--they're not going to iraq, afghanistan, they're not going to germany even to visit american soldiers. but poland, you can tap into the old cold war mentality israel obviously, they think they can score points by showing president obama is not as for israel as they are. and london, the point during the olympics. romney made his name off the salt lake city olympics. that's a big part of his resumÉ. it makes sense, you go there and you bring your image by doing that. they do not want to be talking about foreign policy. and the one week or two weeks of the campaign where they're supposed to be talki
ronald reagan once told james baker that he did not want to talk about foreign policy in his 100 days. bill called bs on that. he said of course that's not true. does he have a problem not only request gaffes, but foreign policy itself? >> i've been criminal of romney's foreign policy. clearly it's not a thing that turns him on. he's clearly an economic guy. if you look at his advisers there is no consistency in what he believes. is he a neo-conservative, a pragmatist. and they did not...
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ronald reagan in this day and age, do you think he could win a republican primary. >> one would think so, but i understand what you're saying. what has happened to the republicans? in other words, how did they get to this place where they're embracing not only conservative, but religiously-oriented values in a secular society. it doesn't make a lot of sense. >> how do you reconcile the fact that you're on the right side of war on women, the war on sex, you're trying to fight back against that. at the same time they say here is a guy who at the same time say exploited women and put women nude in the magazines, etc. >> i'm on the right side of sexual evolution, too. in other words, i know what the world was like before "playboy" repression is very hurtful. not only hypocritical, but very hurtful. i think if we're not free in our own skins, if we're not free in our own bedrooms, then we're not free at all. >> you care deeply about the civil rights movement. now we have our first african-american president in barack obama. what do you think so far about his presidency? >> i said publicly
ronald reagan in this day and age, do you think he could win a republican primary. >> one would think so, but i understand what you're saying. what has happened to the republicans? in other words, how did they get to this place where they're embracing not only conservative, but religiously-oriented values in a secular society. it doesn't make a lot of sense. >> how do you reconcile the fact that you're on the right side of war on women, the war on sex, you're trying to fight back...
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bush were dead and ronald reagan was the immediate past president. they all talked about being reagan republicans. nobody but nobody, even to this day talks about being a george w. bush republican. forget what the liberals say. forget what us professor say look at what members of his own party say or more to the point don't say. >> michael: allan lichtman you know so much about the subject. it's a pleasure having you on the show. up next the face of facebook is sticking his nose into the immigration debate now and we'll look to mark zuckerberg and the tech industry's political push. and the silver civil rights push continues. we'll be right back. very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. >> they need political cover and he's providing them that, and th
bush were dead and ronald reagan was the immediate past president. they all talked about being reagan republicans. nobody but nobody, even to this day talks about being a george w. bush republican. forget what the liberals say. forget what us professor say look at what members of his own party say or more to the point don't say. >> michael: allan lichtman you know so much about the subject. it's a pleasure having you on the show. up next the face of facebook is sticking his nose into the...
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ronald reagan got the lead out of our gasoline. george bush went after acid rain >> bill: i was in the state legislature as an aide when ronald reagan signed the wild rivers bill in california. i come back to that. republicans were the leaders of the conservation movement. >> they have pivoted away from their party's history and conservative thought as well because ronald reagan, himself asked the question: what is a conservative, after all, but one who con serves? and he can owed roosevelt in talking about the legacy we leave to our children. >> when did that happen, and how did this become such a political issue when it's really not something to be. >> the biggest corporate plumers in the country have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on capitol hill and pumping up campaign coffers is entails among them the koch brothers? >> absolutely >> bill: some of the biggest polluters, cokekoch industries. bob dean -- bobdines. i'm sorry. we are talking climate change, not so much politics but it gets involved in here. join the conversa
ronald reagan got the lead out of our gasoline. george bush went after acid rain >> bill: i was in the state legislature as an aide when ronald reagan signed the wild rivers bill in california. i come back to that. republicans were the leaders of the conservation movement. >> they have pivoted away from their party's history and conservative thought as well because ronald reagan, himself asked the question: what is a conservative, after all, but one who con serves? and he can owed...
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>> ryan: look at what ronald reagan and tip o'neill did. they worked together to lower tax rates and broaden the base and worked together to fix that. we're saying here is our framework, lower tax rates about 20% -- we forgo about $1.1 trillion in loop holes and deductions so what we're saying is deny those loophole and deductions to higher income taxpayers so more of their income is taxed -- >> biden: can i translate. >> ryan: so we can lower tax rates across the board -- >> biden: i hope i'm going to get time to respond -- >> you'll get time. >> ryan: we want to work on how to achieve this -- >> no specifics, then. >> ryan: lower tax rates 20%, start with the wealthy -- >> can you guarantee this math will add up. >> ryan: six studies have verified that this will add up -- >> vice president biden. >> biden: let me have a chance to translate. ronald reagan gave specifics to what he was going to cut number one in terms of tax expenditures. number two 90% of the small businesses in america make less than $250,000. let me tell you who some of
>> ryan: look at what ronald reagan and tip o'neill did. they worked together to lower tax rates and broaden the base and worked together to fix that. we're saying here is our framework, lower tax rates about 20% -- we forgo about $1.1 trillion in loop holes and deductions so what we're saying is deny those loophole and deductions to higher income taxpayers so more of their income is taxed -- >> biden: can i translate. >> ryan: so we can lower tax rates across the board --...
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caller: ronald reagan was not hesitating that's for sure. hal: ronald reagan would have killed the american ambassador in benghazi? caller: i heard speeches of ronald reagan and they sound completely different as they do to obama. hal: you mean the speeches around iron-contra, for example. caller: and nobody's perfect. hal: nobody's perfect. >> how can you speculate how president reagan would react in today's environment? i think milltail things have changed. hal: if policies any indication, he'd be a democratic, because he'd have to change parties after he was primaried as a republican. jacki: because he was too moderate. the nature of warfare that ha changed, too. hal: george is talking out of his posterior. you can tell with the conversion from benghazi to reagan. jacki: a cooling gel might be good for that. hal: i would say to george before he calls back in and tries on another show or either on this one to push that as a paired example of presidential egregious behavior to read up on history. there are plenty of sites out there right an
caller: ronald reagan was not hesitating that's for sure. hal: ronald reagan would have killed the american ambassador in benghazi? caller: i heard speeches of ronald reagan and they sound completely different as they do to obama. hal: you mean the speeches around iron-contra, for example. caller: and nobody's perfect. hal: nobody's perfect. >> how can you speculate how president reagan would react in today's environment? i think milltail things have changed. hal: if policies any...
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." >> republicans want to name something else after ronald reagan. darrell issa and members of the natural resource committee are now pushing a bill that would rename the 3.4 million square miles of ocean that extends 200 miles off the u.s. coastline after the late president as the ronald wilson reagan exclusive economic zone according to the hill. [ laughter ] >> of course they do! >> back in 1983 -- >> bill: this is so crazy. if they do this, i'm leaving this country! damn it, leave the ocean alone! >> 1983, what happened was reagan proclaimed that the u.s. had the rights to all of the water off the u.s. coast for exploring, exploiting and conserving offshore resources including energy out there. and they just want to honor that >> bill: we have too damn much named after ronald reagan. he was a lousy president. >> al roker -- >> bill: start with national airport in washington, d.c. and take the name off and rip the statue down. then how about the ronald reagan building downtown? take the name off of that building. don't get me started. i'm done. >>
." >> republicans want to name something else after ronald reagan. darrell issa and members of the natural resource committee are now pushing a bill that would rename the 3.4 million square miles of ocean that extends 200 miles off the u.s. coastline after the late president as the ronald wilson reagan exclusive economic zone according to the hill. [ laughter ] >> of course they do! >> back in 1983 -- >> bill: this is so crazy. if they do this, i'm leaving this...
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>> ryan: look at what ronald reagan and tip o'neill did. they worked together to lower tax rates and broaden the base and worked together to fix that. we're saying here is our framework, lower tax rates about 20% -- we forgo about $1.1 trillion in loop holes and deductions, so what we're saying is deny those loophole and deductions to higher income taxpayers so more of their income is taxed -- >> biden: can i translate. >> ryan: so we can lower tax rates across the board -- >> biden: i hope i'm going to get time to respond -- >> you'll get time. >> ryan: we want to work on how to achieve this -- >> no specifics, then. >> ryan: lower tax rates 20%, start with the wealthy -- >> can you guarantee this math will add up. >> ryan: six studies have verified that this will add up -- >> vice president biden. >> biden: let me have a chance to translate. ronald reagan gave specifics to what he was going to cut number one in terms of tax expenditures. number two 90% of the small businesses in america make less than $250,000. let me tell you who some of
>> ryan: look at what ronald reagan and tip o'neill did. they worked together to lower tax rates and broaden the base and worked together to fix that. we're saying here is our framework, lower tax rates about 20% -- we forgo about $1.1 trillion in loop holes and deductions, so what we're saying is deny those loophole and deductions to higher income taxpayers so more of their income is taxed -- >> biden: can i translate. >> ryan: so we can lower tax rates across the board --...
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. >> people keep raising the age issues even though ronald reagan was older. then is a woman, it is perceived differently. but the other reason i think it is important and smart is because i mean there aren't very many parties who hold on to the white house for 16 years. >> john: indeed. >> the likelihood of her being re-elected if she were going to say i only want to do one term, all of the experts said that's a brilliant strategy. it is disastrous for a national president. in terms of governing if people know you're only going to be there for four years you're starting as a lame duck so there are voters who might vote for someone who says i want to go and not worry about re-election. just do the right thing for four years. there are a lot of people in the party say okay, do you that. i won't be on board when you need me. >> john: we know the candidates who run on term limits would never break their word. >> never. >> john: so much we could have talked about, keli goff. political correspondent for the root. and where can people read more of your stuff? >> the
. >> people keep raising the age issues even though ronald reagan was older. then is a woman, it is perceived differently. but the other reason i think it is important and smart is because i mean there aren't very many parties who hold on to the white house for 16 years. >> john: indeed. >> the likelihood of her being re-elected if she were going to say i only want to do one term, all of the experts said that's a brilliant strategy. it is disastrous for a national president....
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ronald reagan said he was against term limits when he left office, because he felt in america people should be allowed to pick the leaders they want. >> caller: i believe they should have the term limits because really -- and i'm speaking to you in my point i cannot speak for hispanics, but the majority of black people are looking at this, and never since the gop is going through -- would we help them. >> john: it's true. and this is what a lot of moderate republicans keep screaming about, that they are marginalizing themselves by doing this. and making their party smaller ever year. thank you for your call. >> caller: thank you. >> john: let's play a clip. >> i find someone even as high-ranking, frankly as former president bill clinton to go and be the negotiator. we need a person of enormous prestige and influence so have these parties sit down together. we're crumbling all over the middle east. >> john: that was john mccain talking about how much work is needed to regain credibility. >> boy. that will hurt your head if you think about that too long. >> john: somebody should tell h
ronald reagan said he was against term limits when he left office, because he felt in america people should be allowed to pick the leaders they want. >> caller: i believe they should have the term limits because really -- and i'm speaking to you in my point i cannot speak for hispanics, but the majority of black people are looking at this, and never since the gop is going through -- would we help them. >> john: it's true. and this is what a lot of moderate republicans keep screaming...
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ronald reagan signed 381 executive orders. single term president george h.w. bush, 167. bill clinton, 364 and w, 291. folks, it is never too late to make up for lost time. with a mere 157 executive orders and almost five years, this president apparently has decided it is time to stop waiting for congress to work with him and it is time to start getting stuff done by himself and many would say hey, man, it's about time. i'm happy about this panel. please welcome a bipartisan national public affairs firm tom doherty, author the rude pundit's almanac, it is the rude pundit himself. you know from "the stephanie miller show." mr. lee papa. welcome back. always insightful democratic strategist mr. bazell mike isel. very happy to have you here. according to politico, the president said he's planning a surge of executive action on issuens like voting rights, healthcare, job creation, the economy, climate change and immigration. bazell, why do you think the president has been so reluctant up until now to use this power? >> i'm not entirely sure. i think he's always tried to do th
ronald reagan signed 381 executive orders. single term president george h.w. bush, 167. bill clinton, 364 and w, 291. folks, it is never too late to make up for lost time. with a mere 157 executive orders and almost five years, this president apparently has decided it is time to stop waiting for congress to work with him and it is time to start getting stuff done by himself and many would say hey, man, it's about time. i'm happy about this panel. please welcome a bipartisan national public...
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>> they're possibly considering a hologram of ronald reagan which would be so strange, i can't imagine that happening or an obama administrator, which would be the lamest possible guest. summer thinking maybe they'll have an obama impersonator getting fired by donald trump. they're considering rush limbaugh, these are some of the people being speculated about. >> this is who people are speculating about on line. >> yes. >> what we're seeing a lot of. >> is one winning out? >> a lot of people think it's going to be an obama impersonator and then they'll bring in donald trump. >> isn't donald trump really vocal on twitter? >> he doesn't seem to be a man who keeps a lot of secrets. if you want to submit your mystery guest, we're keeping up. >> politicallydirect.com or twitter using #current2012. >> i want to throw you a surf ball here. sarah palin on facebook was saying fox canceled all of her appearances tonight. have you guys heard about that? >> a curveball, you've got to go harder than that. >> what's going on there? is there drama? >> yeah, what happened was she was supposed to be on
>> they're possibly considering a hologram of ronald reagan which would be so strange, i can't imagine that happening or an obama administrator, which would be the lamest possible guest. summer thinking maybe they'll have an obama impersonator getting fired by donald trump. they're considering rush limbaugh, these are some of the people being speculated about. >> this is who people are speculating about on line. >> yes. >> what we're seeing a lot of. >> is one...
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kennedy to ronald reagan know that economy is the source of our middle class prosperity. but president obama, he believes that it's the cause of oh our problems. the economic town turn happened because our government didn't spend enough, take control enough. his solution to virtually every problem we face is for washington to tax more, borrow more and spend more. this idea that our problems were caused by a government that was too small is just not true. in fact, the major cause of our recent down turn was a housing crisis created by reckless government policies. and the idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hard working middle class taxpayers welcome that's an idea that has tried. more government is not going to get you ahead. it will hold you back. it's not going to inspire more ideas, new businesses and jobs, it's going to create uncertainty because it breathes rules and laws that small businesses can't afford to follow because more government raises taxes on employers who pass the costs on to their employees through fewer hours, low
kennedy to ronald reagan know that economy is the source of our middle class prosperity. but president obama, he believes that it's the cause of oh our problems. the economic town turn happened because our government didn't spend enough, take control enough. his solution to virtually every problem we face is for washington to tax more, borrow more and spend more. this idea that our problems were caused by a government that was too small is just not true. in fact, the major cause of our recent...
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. >> john: i am afraid you'll have to impeach ronald reagan because he supported the 1994 assault weapons ban. >> yeah, well, he had alzheimer's by then. >> john: and not when he sold arms to the iranians who killed our marines in beirut back in the '80s then forgot he did it? >> guns aren't the problem. it is video games. >> john: i'm sure australia europe, japan had the same video games but substantially fewer gun deaths. why? because they protect their citizens with responsible gun safety laws. >> the nra protects my god-given rights. >> john: god hasn't weighed in on that. they opposed the u.n. arms treaty. the nra fights to safe easy access while the real patriots are fighting to save american lives. the nra is a fake constitutional rights lobbying group that gun manufacturers use to buy off congressmen then they send out terrifying mailings to scare you that obama is taking your guns. they don't represent their members. they represent the gun manufacturers, the only ones who have profited from what happened in newtown. >> people who want gun control after newtown are exploiting a ma
. >> john: i am afraid you'll have to impeach ronald reagan because he supported the 1994 assault weapons ban. >> yeah, well, he had alzheimer's by then. >> john: and not when he sold arms to the iranians who killed our marines in beirut back in the '80s then forgot he did it? >> guns aren't the problem. it is video games. >> john: i'm sure australia europe, japan had the same video games but substantially fewer gun deaths. why? because they protect their citizens...
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i'm of the party of ronald reagan. and there's been a debate in our party for years and years about whether we should withdraw to fortress america or not. but to say we're interventionsists is a mislabeling and absolutely false. we're for a strong america. we believe that's the best way to prevent war rather than a weakened military which many of my colleagues now support who are -- isolationists which goes all the way back to post-world war i. >> stephanie: fight fight fight, fight shove each other into the bleachers. gingrich is siding with rand paul. he said i don't know what's happened to john mccain. >> join the club. >> stephanie: he said he's really disappointed. he was saddened by john mccain's response to rand paul. i'm disappointed and saddened by it. >> hal: good. >> ha ha! >> stephanie: conservatives are flipping out over john mccain and lindsey graham. such disarray. hours after they slammed rand paul, conservatives are turning on them as the republican party's old -- mccain accused paul of using the filly
i'm of the party of ronald reagan. and there's been a debate in our party for years and years about whether we should withdraw to fortress america or not. but to say we're interventionsists is a mislabeling and absolutely false. we're for a strong america. we believe that's the best way to prevent war rather than a weakened military which many of my colleagues now support who are -- isolationists which goes all the way back to post-world war i. >> stephanie: fight fight fight, fight shove...